White House officials hope to refocus Trump on issues that resonate with base

White House officials have been urging President Trump to double down on the platform that got him elected into the nation's highest office, while he tries to re-energize his staunchest allies. Advisers have been urging Trump to refocus on immigration and other issues that resonate with the conservatives, evangelicals and working-class whites who propelled him to the Oval Office.

Trump appeals to loyalists as support slips, agenda stalls

President Donald Trump is trying to combat new weakness in his Republican base and re-energize his staunchest supporters after months of White House backbiting and legislative failures. White House officials have been urging the president to fire up his efforts on immigration and other agenda items favored by conservatives, evangelicals and working-class whites who propelled him to the Oval Office.

Bannon-McMaster White House feud reaches boiling point

A long-simmering dispute between two top White House aides has boiled into a public battle over the direction of US President Donald Trump's foreign policy, with a cadre of conservative groups pushing for the ouster of national security adviser H.R. McMaster. In recent days, conservative groups and a website tied to Trump adviser Steve Bannon have targeted McMaster as insufficiently supportive of Israel and insufficiently tough toward Iran.

The Swamp: Embattled Eric Bolling speaks out

The Swamp, by bestselling author and Fox News Channel host Eric Bolling, reveals a scandalous history of American politics, past and present, Republican and Democrat. It discusses bribery, blackmail, horrific personal conduct, and bullying but it also shows how the media play into all of this and, in some sense, feed on it.

Israel, Iran take center stage in latest White House power struggle

A long-simmering dispute between two top White House aides has boiled into a public battle over the direction of US President Donald Trump's foreign policy, with a cadre of conservative groups pushing for the ouster of national security adviser H.R. McMaster. In recent days, conservative groups and a website tied to Trump adviser Steve Bannon have targeted McMaster as insufficiently supportive of Israel and insufficiently tough toward Iran.

Report: Iowa school uses full-body wraps, denies mental care

A federally funded nonprofit orga... A federal climate report says the United States is already feeling the effects of climate change, with temperatures rising dramatically over the last four decades. A federal climate report says the United States is already feeling the effects of climate change, with temperatures rising dramatically over the last four decades.

Arkansas inmates snatch keys, take control of part of prison

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from... Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. Six inmates have taken keys from correctional officers at a maximum security prison in Arkansas and are holding the officers in an area where they control the doors.

UK cybersecurity expert still held after Las Vegas arrest

On Friday, Aug. 4, 2017,... . FILE - In this Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo, British IT expert Marcus Hutchins speaks during an interview in Ilfracombe, England.

Trump administration sued over sanctuary city plan

The Secretary of State will proceed with the release of information from voter checklists to a presidential commission on election fraud, now that a lawsuit filed by two New Hampshire lawmakers and... The Goffstown Little League 11- 12-year-old All-Star team took a big first step in the New England Regional Tournament in Bristol, Conn., Sunday ... (more)

Trump voters’ patience wears thin in Arizona

The voters who carried Donald Trump to victory in Arizona increasingly see the President as just another politician -- and one who is running out of time to deliver on his campaign promises. Republicans in focus groups held here last week by the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA largely said they are giving Trump between six months and a year before they run out of patience.

Republicans step up effort to oust CFPB chief Cordray

Under current law, President Trump does not have the power to remove Cordray from office except for cause, although that provision itself is being challenged in courts. On Friday, a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee issued the results of an investigation which recommended that Cordray be found in contempt of Congress, charging that he and the agency had failed to comply with a committee investigation into its rulemaking process.

WV Head Start Programs Receive Funds

United States Senators, Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced $3,325,622 in funding for West Virginia Head Start Programs. More than three million will be given from the United States Department of Health and Human Services Administration for children and families to support two local head start programs in Beckley and Oak Hill.

Chicago files lawsuit over rules targeting sanctuary cities

The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel said the city won't 'be blackmailed' into changing its values as a welcoming city. Chicago files lawsuit over rules targeting sanctuary cities The 46-page lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, a day after Emanuel said the city won't 'be blackmailed' into changing its values as a welcoming city.

Disgraced Former Justice Roy Moore Leads Poll For GOP Senate Nomination In Alabama

Roy Moore, the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was twice removed from the bench due to his willful failure to follow the orders of a Federal District Court, is leading in a new poll of the Republican primary for the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore leads the crowded Republican primary field in the state's Senate race, according to a new poll. Moore has 30 percent support in the JMC Analytics and Polling survey.

We face greatest threat to voting rights of past half-century

Two years ago, President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with a White House summit on protecting and expanding the right to vote. As California's chief elections officer, I was invited to this significant event.

What a Republican anti-Trump agenda should look like

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Maggie Zurawski holds a sign in reaction to President Trump's presidency on Jan. 20 in Athens, Ga. The New York Times reports that some Republicans may be contemplating either a presidential run if President Trump isn't on the ballot in 2020 or some type of primary challenge.